Coming off of a record high unemployment rate of 7.7% for the month of January, San Antonio should be relieved to see that last month’s spike was just that, a seasonal spike, as workers who found temporary jobs during the holidays were let go after the start of the New Year.

Now with February’s unemployment rate coming in at 7.4%, San Antonio and the surrounding regions are back on track to having some of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation.

When it comes to specific industries, we saw Government and Leisure and Hospitality industries add 4,600 jobs. The field of Education and Health Services experienced a 1.5% growth rate, adding 1,800 jobs. Construction also recovered from last month’s employment drop showing a gain of 100 jobs. On the Professional and Business Services front, we saw that 700 jobs were added between January and February, almost recovering the 800 jobs lost from October through January.

A breakdown of the Alamo region (county/city) unemployment rates for February 2010 are: